Sergio A. Mims: Shirley Thompson: 'Sacred Mountain: Incidents in the Life of Queen Nanny of the Maroons' [Maroons were runaway slaves in Jamaica]

Shirley Thompson

Sergio A. Mims forwards this release from Shirley Thompson in the United Kingdom on the topic of Maroons, people who escaped from slavery in Jamaica and elsewhere and formed their own communities, often in the mountains: 

Sacred Mountain: Incidents in the Life of Queen Nanny of the Maroons

Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 July, 2015 – 19:50-20:35

The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, London WC1H 9PY

Shirley Thompson Music

Music: Shirley  J. Thompson

Words: Shirley J.  Thompson

Queen Nanny: Abigail Kelly

Director/Choreographer: Dane J. Hurst

Sacred Mountain is a mesmerising psychological narrative based on the life of Jamaica’s Boudicca, Queen Nanny of the Maroons. Queen Nanny was an unarmed military and spiritual leader who led the Maroons into armed combat by devising ingenious guerrilla strategy, winning many battles. Who was the woman behind the warrior?